On January 21, the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences announced the $ 28 million grant that was awarded to the John A. Paulson…
News from 2016
MCB WELCOMES THREE PRECEPTORS
MCB is pleased to welcome three new preceptors to the department. Preceptors are full-time equivalent faculty members who are passionate about education and teaching at the university level. …
HOW THE SEROTONIN SYSTEM INFLUENCES SENSORY PROCESSING [MURTHY LAB]
Brains process external information rapidly at a sub-second time scale, which is set by the dynamic electrophysiological properties of neurons and the fast communication within neuronal populations. This…
POSTDOC PROFILE: YOH ISOGAI [DULAC LAB]
“It was never difficult for me to envision a career in science,” says Yoh Isogai of the Dulac lab. He fondly recalls the scent of solvent at his…
SHINING THE LASER-LIGHT ON TISSUE CLEARING AT THE HARVARD CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL IMAGING
Participants of the 2015 Tissue Clearing Workshop (TCW 2015) On November 20th – 22nd, 2015 the Harvard Center for Biological Imaging (HCBI) hosted its inaugural three-day Tissue Clearing…
DAVID COX’S POPULAR HARVARDX COURSE, FUNDAMENTALS OF NEUROSCIENCE
The Harvard Gazette writes about David Cox's popular HarvardX course, Fundamentals of Neuroscience.
MCO STUDENT CAROLINA SALGUERO APPOINTED 2016 HORIZON SCHOLAR
Carolina Salguero, a fifth-year graduate student in Victoria D’Souza’s lab, has earned a prestigious post as one of eight 2016 Horizon Scholars, a cohort selected by Harvard faculty…
THINK GLOBALLY, RESEARCH INTERNATIONALLY: UNDERGRADUATE SCIENTISTS STUDY ABROAD IN JAPAN
"It all started from my own experience,” says MCB professor Takao Hensch of his thriving study abroad programs in Japan. When he graduated from Harvard College, he resolved…
PROFESSOR LUCY SHAPIRO WILL DELIVER THE 2016 PAUL DOTY LECTURE ON OCT 1ST, 2015
The Doty Lecture is presented annually to celebrate the scientific and public policy achievements of Professor Paul Doty, founder of both the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (currently, Molecular…
“PERSONALIZED LESSON” MAY NOT BE DOPAMINE’S WAY [UCHIDA LAB]
(l to r) Nao Uchida, Sachie K Ogawa, William Menegas, Mitsuko Watabe-Uchida and Yoh Isogai Dopamine, originally referred to as a pleasure molecule, is now one of the…
